Anyone who watches baseball knows the Colorado Rockies—outside of Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez—are an absolutely joke. But perhaps their first step towards respectability will be signing Lew Dunlap. Yes, the 88-year-old man who stole the show at Rockies Fantasy Camp by storming the mound.
Dunlap, however, showed he wasn’t just a crazy old man trying to show up the middle-aged men on vacation. According to photographer Jamie Schwaberow, his “activity” helped propel his team to a championship and MVP award for himself (via Cut4):
Not sure if you’ve heard this story yet, about a man named Lew Dunlap, but it’s pretty great. He was a camper this year at the Colorado Rockies Fantasy Camp in Scottsdale, Ariz. There are plenty of campers, typically 60 or so, but never in my 16 years of covering camp have I witnessed an 88-year-old out there giving it his all. Between almost rushing the mound after an inside pitch, kissing the golden arm of a teammate, celebrating a championship complete with champagne and winning the All-Camp MVP Award, it’s easy to say his week was a success. #youremyboylew #Rockies Jamie Schwaberow/Clarkson Clarkson Creative
Get him, Rockies. With Lew, you are guaranteed a strong clubhouse leader and it won’t cost $75 million. He’ll probably show up for free.
